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Introduction
<br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and
<br />Safety (Division) for the Bowie No. 1 Mine. This document includes: 1) the proposed decision to
<br />approve with stipulations the Permit Revision No. 4 application; 2) a summary which includes a history
<br />of the review of the permit application, a description of the environment affected by the operation and a
<br />description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings of compliance the Division has
<br />made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act.
<br />Detailed information concerning the review process is on file at the Division offices; legal requirements
<br />can be found in the Act and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal
<br />Mining. All rules referenced in this document are contained within the Regulations. Detailed
<br />information about the proposed mining and reclamation operation can be found in the permit application
<br />on file (File No. C-1981-038) in the public record maintained by the Division, located in Room 215,
<br />Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, telephone (303) 866-3567. Copies
<br />of the permit revision application are also available for inspection at the Paonia Public Library in Paonia,
<br />Colorado.
<br />The Division has received an application to revise surface coal mining and reclamation operations at the
<br />Bowie No. 1 Mine. The application was submitted by Bowie Resources LLC (BRL) on April 23, 2010.
<br />The mine is currently being operated by Bowie Resources LLC. The mine is located on federal and
<br />private lands within Delta County, Colorado. The legal description of the lands included within the
<br />current permit area is:
<br />A parcel of land situated in Sections 1, 2, 10-15, 22-25, Township 13 South, Range 92 West of the 6th
<br />P.M., and Sections 5-8, 17-19, 29-32, Township 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M., described as
<br />follows:
<br />S 1/2, S 1/2 S 1/2 NW 1/4, S 1/2 S 1/2 NE 1/4, NE 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4, SE 1/4 Lot 1 Section 1; SE 1/4, E
<br />1/2 SW 1/4, S 1/2 S 1/2 NE 1/4, S 1/2 SE 1/4 NW 1/4 Section 2; SE 1/4 Lot 5, S 1/2 Lot 6, S 1/2 Lot 7,
<br />SW 1/4 Lot 8, S 1/2 Lot 9, NW 1/4 Lot 9, Lot 10, Lot 11 E 1/2 Lot 12, E 1/2 Lot 13, Lots 14-16
<br />Section 10; All of Section 11; All of Section 12; All of Section 13; All of Section 14; Lots 1-3, E 1/2 Lot
<br />4, E 1/2 Lot 5, Lots 6-11, E 1/2 Lot 12, E 1/2 Lot 13, Lots 14-16 Section 15; Lots 1-3, E 1/2 Lot 4, E 1/2
<br />Lot 5, Lots 6-8 Section 22; Lots 1-8 Section 23; Lots 1-6, S 1/2 NE 1/4, Lots 8-9, NW 1/4 SE 1/4, W 1/2
<br />SW 1/4 Lot 7, E 1/2 Lot 11, Lot 12, W 1/2 W 1/2 Lot 13 Section 24 Township 13 South, Range 92 West,
<br />6th P.M. and containing 5200 acres +.
<br />Also the SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4, S 1/2 SE 1/4 SW 1/4, S 1/2 SW 1/4 SW 1/4, NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4, W
<br />1/2 NW 1/4 SW 1/4, SW 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4 Section 5; SE 1/4, E 1/2 SW 1/4 Lots 5-7, SE 1/4 NW 1/4,
<br />SW 1/4 NE 1/4, S 1/2 SE 1/4 NE 1/4, NW 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4, SW 1/4 Lot 1, S 1/2 Lot 2, S 1/2 Lot 3, S
<br />1/2 Lot 4 Section 6; All of Section 7; W 1/2, W 1/2 W 1/2 E 1/2 Section 8; W 1/2, W 1/2 W 1/2 E 1/2
<br />Section 17; Lots 1-4, E 1 /2 W 1/2, NE 1/4, W 1 /2 SE 1/4, NE 1 /4 SE 1/4, NW 1/4, SE 1/4, SE 1 /4 Section
<br />18; N 1/2 NW 1/4 NE 1/4, NE 1/4 NW 1/4 Section 19 Township 13 South, Range 92 West, 6th P.M. and
<br />containing 2740 acres +.
<br />Also a parcel described as follows:
<br />Beginning at N 1/4 corner Section 25, Township 13 South, Range 92 West, 6th P.M. and following the
<br />centerline of said Section 25 South 650 feet; thence leaving said centerline and running South 70N 35'
<br />West 1581.0 feet; thence North 53N 53' West 492.0 feet; thence along a curve to the left 429.4 feet, said
<br />curve having a radius of 287.2 feet and a chord bearing North 02N 06' East 353.2 feet; thence North 35N
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